Synodic month length 29.76 days

Length of current 544 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than next lunation 545 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 31 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 23 January 2044 Saturday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠204.4°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠204.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠235.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon before apogee

10 days after point of perigee on 13 January 2044 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 January 2044 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Distance to Moon 403 103 km

Moon is 403 103 km(250 477 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 544 km(251 993 mi).

Moon after descending node

4 days after its descending node on 18 January 2044 at 19:49 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 February 2044 at 08:49 in ♓ Pisces.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

10 days after previous North standstill on 13 January 2044 at 02:29 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.453°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.503° in the next southern standstill on 26 January 2044 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.